Communal showers...way too socialist, even for Europe

So I booked my stay in Stockholm as I said in a previous post. As I was showing how beautiful and ikea-esque it was to my mother, I realised that I had missed something in the amenities section of the webpage: COMMUNAL SHOWERS. I looked through every review wondering why every American and Australian had said this was such a great place if I had to shower in a circle with random german backpackers (don't mind me...all travellers have a fear of german backpackers). I immediately thought that there is no way I am showeirng in front of other people at the age of 24. It's okay in high school when at least you know most of hte people, but with randoms? Not a chance in hell.
About an hour later, I found it to be a pretty hysterical situation because only I would book a hostel with communal showers. I asked my ex boyfriend, who is Swedish, about the popularity and abundance of this abnormality in his home country and he alerted me to the fact that their version of communal showers is not my version (ie a prison shower). Apparently the girls and the boys are separated and there are shower curtains to close you in...or so he says. He also then suggested it might be a fun way to get me to "open up more," which I knew was an attack on my lack of sexual experience with WOMEN. Not funny at all. So hopefully when I arrive in Stockholm in October, I won't be too surprised to find that I need to wear a bathing suit to take a shower.